Chapter VIII Decisions (Part 2)
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"Your Majesty, the most urgent task now is to first find out whether the invading Jianlu are heading west to the capital, or east to Shanhaiguan."
Sun Chengzong stepped forward and said with a serious expression: "If there is a big deviation in the grasp of the battle situation, then even if the Military Aircraft Department issues an order.
Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, was ordered to command part of Guan Jinning's reinforcements. However, in the actual battle, there would inevitably be great differences among the various ministries.
Once something like this happens, the advantage brought to Jianlu will increase invisibly, which will have a negative impact on our Ming Dynasty."
Judging from the final conclusion, what Sun Chengzong is currently emphasizing does require special attention.
After the Jianlu captured Xifengkou, they did not choose to march in a hurry and fought all the way to Zunhua City or the important area of Santun Camp.
Instead, they chose to rest and reorganize their troops at a place less than twenty miles away from Xifengkou, and other tribes built captives and stopped their advance.
What seemed like a strange scene was actually the senior officials of Jianlu. To be precise, it was Huang Taiji who wanted to use this emergency situation to ambush Guan Jinning's vanguard troops from the Santun camp who were returning to Zunhua to aid Zunhua!
After all, Xifengkou is closer to the Shanhaiguan area, so Yuan Chonghuan must be one step ahead of the capital and know about this emergency situation.
In order to protect his own power, he also wanted to secure his position as governor of Liaodong.
Yuan Chonghuan must have sent his Guan Ning cavalry to gallop all the way from Shanhaiguan to Zunhua and the Santun Camp area to prevent the Jianlu from attacking the above two places.
Looking at Wang Qia, Li Banghua and Zhou Yanru with different expressions, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "What Sun Qing said makes sense to me.
And I have been thinking about this issue in the past two days.
I feel that after the Jianlu captured Xifengkou, they will not directly march westward to the capital. Instead, they will try to take advantage of the situation to lure the troops stationed at Shanhaiguan and rush to the rescue of Zunhua and Santun Camp, which were exposed to them.
Jianlu only needed to find a suitable area, lie in wait, and wait for the vanguard reinforcements from Shanhaiguan to come over.
As long as they reach the place where Jianlu ambush, they can take advantage of the situation to make a surprise attack and severely damage the vanguard army!"
After hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, whether it was Sun Chengzong, Wang Qia, Li Banghua, or Zhou Yanru, they all subconsciously looked up at the map.
At this time, they all frowned and their eyes sparkled. It was obvious that they had not thought about this novel point of view.
This is not common sense!
It’s totally unnecessary!
"I beg your pardon to disagree with what your Majesty said." Wang Qia stepped forward, bowed his hands to Emperor Chongzhen, and said, "If this important pass at Xifengkou is to be breached by the Jianlu, it will be really difficult for the Jianlu to break it.
The Jianlu should use the power of thunder to rush to Zunhua or Santun camp, so that they can take advantage of the chaos and seize either of the two important places.
I really don't understand why Jianlu would add extraneous details to increase the threat to himself.
Could it be that the soldiers and horses stationed in Zunhua, the three camps and the two places are all just decorations?"
Emperor Chongzhen sighed softly and shook his head slightly. It was obvious that Wang Qia's words were also the thoughts of many ministers in the current court.
"wrong!"
Zhou Yanru stepped forward at this time and said: "Wang Shangshu, have you forgotten what Sun Gong said just now when we were summoned on the platform that Yuan Chonghuan emphasized the defense line outside the pass and underestimated the three associations within the pass!?
Although there are large troops stationed in Zunhua and Santunying, most of them are new soldiers.
According to the current emergency situation, asking them to guard the city defense and resist the invading invaders would make people panic.
Do you really think that the garrison troops in the above two places will easily leave the city to assist the reinforcements that may rush over to attack and ambush the captives?!"
"this……"
Wang Qia was secretly shocked, obviously he had not expected this factor. If this was the case, then what the emperor just said was very likely to happen.
But the key to the problem now is that the capital side has not yet received news that Xifengkou was breached by Jianlu.
If we rashly use this as a mobilization, Xifengkou will not be breached by then. If word of this spreads, what a big disturbance will be caused!
"Your Majesty, what you are talking about now is just a speculation."
Li Banghua frowned and stepped forward, bowed his hands and said: "At present, the capital side has not received any news whether the Xifengkou side has been attacked by the Jianlu troops.
If you really rashly decide on this and use the name of the Military Aircraft Department to issue adjustments to the deployment of defenses in various places, and if there are deviations at that time, I am afraid it will damage your dignity."
"No, no, I do think that what your Majesty said is very likely, and has even become a fact."
Sun Chengzong expressed a different view, pointed at the map in front of him, frowned and said: "Now Da'ankou, Longjing Pass and other places have been conquered by two groups of rebels.
This caused a great shock to the country and the Jingdong area, and the location of Xifengkou was of vital importance.
Unless Jianlu came to invade the border, he would simply plunder.
Otherwise, in my opinion, Jianlu will definitely capture Xifengkou and try to severely damage our Ming army, so that we can then send our troops westward to attack the heart of our Ming Dynasty!"
"Can……"
Li Banghua stretched out his hand to refute what Sun Chengzong said. After all, this situation has not happened yet, and no one can predict what Jianlu's true purpose is this time!
"Enough!"
Emperor Chongzhen shouted sternly: "I summoned you to the military aircraft office not to argue, but to solve practical problems.
Until now, haven’t you understood the ambition hidden by Jianlu?!
If it was really a simple robbery, then why did Jianlu go to such great lengths to separate several groups of troops and attack Da'ankou, Longjing Pass and other places?
Now your Military Aircraft Department will immediately issue an edict to fight the rebellion and save the country as quickly as possible, and send reinforcements to Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places.
In addition, in the name of the Military Aircraft Department, orders were issued to Tongzhou, Shunyi, Sanhe, Pinggu, Jizhou, Yutian and other places, ordering the troops of various ministries to close the city and defend it.
At the same time, Yuan Chonghuan was ordered to lead Guan Jinning's reinforcements in person as quickly as possible and stationed in Qian'an City. He also emphasized to Yuan Chonghuan that without orders from the Military Aircraft Department, they could not advance rashly or move without authorization!
Listen to what I say clearly. Even if Zunhua and Santunying were captured by the Jianlu army, they cannot be moved without an order from the Military Aircraft Department!
Disobeying orders will be punished as treason!
Go and complete these instructions now."
"this……"
Sun Chengzong, Wang Qia, Li Banghua, and Zhou Yanru were all horrified when they heard this, with different expressions on their faces.
They did not expect that the emperor would show such strength.
Nor did he expect that the emperor's attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan would have such a big reversal.
You must know that before this, the emperor had great trust in Yuan Chonghuan.
"I obey the order!"
Looking at the four people who bowed their hands, Emperor Chongzhen sighed. Although the Military Aircraft Department was established, it would take some time to get to the point where it could be used by him.
Chapter completed!